ups and downs

After a start to the first day of the rest of our lives that lifted the spirits, we were brought back down to earth with a jolt yesterday by...

another cork for the collection

If you have visited our house you will be familiar with the sight of corks from bottles of fizz in big glass jars which act as bookends on t...

Steve's "to do" list

We have a rather unusual method of jotting down things to do/buy/remember in our house.  It involves a stick of chalk and writing on the qua...

Equinox

We've reached the spring equinox...   ...The blossom is coming out on next door's flowering cherry, there are green shoots all over ...

suspicious minds and a happy ending under a super moon

For a change, this isn't about Steve and mesothelioma, me and my soon-to-be-finished job, or photography for that matter.  It's abou...

being positive

You probably haven't heard of Stephen J Gould.  He was a paleontologist, evolutionary biologist and an influential and popular American ...

tears before bedtime

It's been another emotional day, one way or another. I thought the pent-up stress of waiting for Steve's assessment yesterday was al...

sweet dreams are made of this

We saw a new doctor at the hospital today as well as Nickie, Steve's cancer nurse.  Before examining him, the doctor asked Steve a lot o...

another step in the long goodbye

I start today's blog with an apology. It's a bit of a self-centred whinge, probably a symptom of feeling stressed about going to the...

another tick in the box

Although it was hard work last Thursday, hanging the exhibition in the Gallery at Chipping Norton Theatre went smoothly and we were pleased ...

a legal landmark!

A decision in the Supreme Court today brings good news for mesothelioma victims who developed the disease as a result of relatively low leve...

tossing and turning

It's Shrove Tuesday and Steve's been tossing pancakes, without mishap!  Jolly tasty they were too.   After signing and sending back ...

In Focus and a look at the bigger picture

Yesterday we took a break from working on the website (Steve) and preparing for the exhibition (me) to go to Focus on Imagin g, a huge photo...

One in a million

When I started writing this blog, I found it difficult to look very far ahead.  Life was lived one day at a time. It still is to an extent. ...